Netcode: There needs to be a latency lag balance!

@Wingmannedbro I get that. ISPs and dark fiber companies have little motivation to build to rural areas or upgrade current offerings when there is little benefit to them. That isn't stopping the big game publishers from doing so.

RIOT built their own dark fiber networks to help their gamers. I mean LoL was the first game I heard of when it came to describing a game that was a global success in terms of competitive gaming. LoL was successful before they built the infrastructure but if I played that game and benefited or even if I didn't benefit from it I would hold them in high regard for doing so.

I think we should come to expect certain standards from this industry because it is a gajillion dollar a year Industry. Fair play and game quality should be of the highest importance.

I mean playing counterstrike 1.6 way back in the day was buttery smooth and hit reg was damn near exact with lower internet speeds and bandwidth. I mean graphically games were not pushing a lot of packets but everyone knew to find their closest local servers or you had a bad time. High ping players knew to compensate for their lag.

Whatever changed that caused developers to cater to higher pings with clientside hitreg was very damaging to what we all knew as players. It is one of those things that has had me contemplating quitting any game with that kind of netcode. Which may be every game at this point, I haven't researched that far yet.